HOPPER CAR BODY Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC B61D7/00 B61D17/04 

FIELD: railway transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to hopper cars for transporting dry cooled coke, in particular body structures. The hopper car body comprises a frame (1), unloading bins with lids (2), side (3) and end (4) walls. The side walls are made of sheathing (5) and frame (6) with an upper trim (7) of rectangular section. The end walls are made of sheathing (8) and frame (9) with top trim (10). Superstructures (11) and (12) are rigidly fixed on the top frames and side and end walls. The superstructure of each side wall is made of two longitudinal plates rigidly connected to each other at an angle and ribs rigidly fixed inside the cavity formed by the two plates. The superstructure of each end wall is made of a longitudinal bent element. In the junction of the side wall superstructure and the end wall superstructure, both superstructures are rigidly connected by their end faces and with the corresponding flanges of the corner element, each flange of which has a bevel directed inside the body. A trapezoidal strip is rigidly fixed inside the corner element.

EFFECT: strength and reliability in combination with an increase in the volume of transported cargo.

4 cl, 7 dwg